Forthcoming Events

MAY

• 14-15 May: Patents and Standards 2026, London.
• 18 May: Leuven IP and AI Conference 2026, Leuven.
• 18-22 May: WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR/48), Geneva and online.
• 20 May: 2026 Annual Brands Seminar, London and online.
• 19-20 May: C5 Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe Conference, Amsterdam. IPKat readers are entitled to a 10% discount using discount code D10-999-IPKAT26.
• 21-22 May: IP Case Law Conference (IPCLC) 2026, Alicante and online.
• 28 May: Street Art, Copyright and AI: Legal Challenges at the Urban Frontier, online.
• 29 May: 10th Annual ECS Conference, Versailles.

JUNE

• 10-12 June: UNION-IP Congress 2026, Amsterdam. IPKat readers are entitled to a discount in the registration fee as explained here.
• 17 June: ALAI 2026 Next Generation Event, The Hague.
• 17-19 June: TILTing Perspectives, Tilburg.
• 18-19 June: ALAI Congress 2026: Copyright and Free Expression in the Age of Algorithms, The Hague.
• 18-19 June: IPRE 2026, Geneva.
• 23 June: Retromark: The Conference, London.
• 23-24 June: OxFora 14th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum, Munich.
• 24 June: IBIL PhD Conference 2026, London.
• 24 June: 2026 Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture, London.
• 28 June-1 July: 2026 ATRIP Annual Congress, São Paulo.
• 29 June-3 July: Summer Course on European Intellectual Property Law, Trier. IPKat readers are entitled to a 20% discount using VIP code IPKAT2026ERA at checkout (it can be combined with the early bird discount where applicable)

SEPTEMBER

• 7-11 September: Summer Course on AI, Digital and Information Technology Law in the EU, online. IPKat readers are entitled to a 20% discount using VIP code IPKAT2026ERA at checkout (it can be combined with the early bird discount where applicable)
• 9-11 September: EPIP Annual Conference 2026, Turin.
• 30 September (course start): European Patent Litigation Certificate Course 2026/2027.

OCTOBER

• 1-2 October: International Intellectual Property Conference, Salzburg.

NOVEMBER

• 25-27 November: Annual Conference on European Copyright Law, online. IPKat readers are entitled to a 20% discount using VIP code IPKAT2026ERA at checkout (it can be combined with the early bird discount where applicable)

2027

MAY

• 8-12 May: INTA Annual Meeting, San Diego (CA).